Kongsberg collaborated with
Salt Ship Design of
Leirvik, Norway to develop the conceptual designs. The design is intended to be built in commercial shipyards at a considerable cost saving over dedicated naval shipyards, taking as little as two years to build. The multirole ship has positions for role-specific
ISO containers that can be swapped to change roles. The design has one helicopter spot at the back, for up to medium-sized aircraft. There is no
hangar. A fully enclosed
boat deck at roughly the middle of the ship's length opens at both sides to allow
gantry cranes to deploy both sides to lower boats to the water. Additionally, a smaller
seaboat is sited on the port side. The two
propellers are above the
keel. Two
bow thrusters are sited just behind the
bulbous bow. With likely limited speed requirements, the fuel consumption is likely to be low.
Armament Depictions of the ship show a single mount for a small calibre gun on the foredeck.
Crew Crew numbers could be as few as 16 to 20 in some role configurations. == Royal Norwegian Navy ==